Atiku’s arrest was demanded by the Tinubu campaign in response to claims made by a fictitious whistleblower that the PDP candidate utilized “special purpose vehicles (SPVs)” to siphon off public funds while serving as Vice President.
The campaign team of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar is rejecting allegations of money laundering leveled against its principal, alleging the assertions are an attempt to blackmail him.
Monday, the Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Organization of the All Progressives Congress (APC) called for the former vice president to be arrested and charged with using private accounts to steal money from public coffers.
The allegations were made by the Tinubu campaign in response to a video in which Michael Achimugu, a reported former Atiku aide, claimed that the PDP candidate had utilized “Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs)” to steal public money while in office.
A representative for the Atiku/Okowa Campaign Organization, Daniel Bwala, responded by disputing the former vice president’s guilt in light of the accuser’s proof during a live appearance on Tuesday’s Sunrise Daily on Channels Television.
He added: “I don’t think a picture of him with Atiku is convincing proof of a relationship or that he’s with the family, but whether the content of what he’s saying is real or not, and also whether he is a merchant hired by someone to carry out a project.
When a whistleblower blows the whistle, there is this thing called the “objective test” that they usually use to determine whether they are operating in the interest of peace or whether they are a merchant, as I previously stated.
“He failed the objectivity test because you could see him saying, “In this campaign, don’t vote for him,” in every video, audio, or other release.” In other words, he politicizes the data he purports to be disseminating for the public’s benefit.
Ali Muhammed Ali, the APC PCC’s deputy director of media and publicity, backed both the petition the party filed against Atiku and the accuser’s decision to come forward.
It would seem that the administration is unaware that a trusted aide would record conversations before going to a public area to expose and try to stop a man who they believe will plunder our commons once he enters it. case
When asked about the timing of the discoveries in light of the fact that Atiku also ran for president in 2019 without the allegations dotting his campaign, Ali responded, “In 2019, there was no “certain Achimugu” in the mix.” No “certain whistleblower” existed.
The person who speaks for the APC campaign says that Atiku must be punished harshly because he brought up SPVs.
In 2019, he claimed, “SPVs, or special purpose vehicles, were not a thing.” ” From what I can recall, they weren’t there. Additionally, there was no audio of conversations about money and certificates that would be used in certain businesses in 2019. “These issues will become more prominent in 2023,” he continued.
